3 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The United Nations and other humanitarian partners of the organization have requested some 70.6 million dollars (close to 65 million euros) to provide vital assistance to the more than 1.1 million people affected by the passage of Cyclone ‘Freddy’ by Malawi, where the dead now number more than 670.
“The passage of ‘Freddy’ has caused death, destruction, displacement and devastation on a horrifying scale at a time when Malawians were already facing high levels of food insecurity and a cholera outbreak,” lamented the United Nations resident coordinator. Nations in Malawi, Rebecca Adda Dontoh.
According to a UN statement, “the needs are really enormous” in the African country, and the main objective of this appeal for donations is to be able to provide a response at the level of housing, nutrition, health, water, sanitation and hygiene and protection for those affected by the crisis.
Adda Dontoh has taken advantage of the letter to remember her visit to the displaced in Blantyre, in the south of the country, where she has verified first-hand the “incredible resistance and determination” of those affected by cyclone ‘Freddy’ to be able to “continue despite the tragedy they have suffered”.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) updated on Friday the balance of fatalities in Malawi after the passage of cyclone ‘Freddy’ and set the number of deaths at 676 and 537 missing, according to data from the authorities. local.
The passage of ‘Freddy’ through Malawian territory in mid-March has caused enormous damage in 14 affected municipalities: Balaka, Blantyre and Blantyre capital, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Machinga, Mangochi, Mulanje, Neno, Nsanje, Phalombe, Thyolo, Zomba and Zomba capital.
This call to strengthen financial donations to Malawi is added to the one already formulated at the beginning of the year, when another more than 45 million dollars (more than 41.5 million euros) were requested to be able to provide a response to the health crisis due to an outbreak cholera, the deadliest in the country’s history.
